5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (July 27)
4. Ryback Lariats Overweight Woman Into Swimming Pool
So Ryback is on the fat-shaming train, which is no real surprise, given that he once criticised the physique of Kevin Owens - a guy able to wrestle epic, content-crammed wars in which he doesn't suck air after ten minutes of primitive action...like Ryback did.
This week, the 'Big Guy' debuted a commercial for his new Shell Shock Extreme Fat Burner supplement in which he levelled an obese woman with a lariat, sending her tumbling into a swimming pool. Honestly, this lariat was stiffer than anything Ryback ever did in WWE ring. It was as if he channeled CM Punk's valid criticisms of his reckless style and thought Yes, I will take this out on this woman. He pummelled her...to such an extent that she emerged from the pool a new, slimmer woman. This was a visual metaphor for the effects of the supplement, of course, and not a thinly-veiled excuse to pop the most juvenile of his remaining fans.
Hilariously, Ryback claimed that "nobody was hurt" during filming, perhaps anticipating the backlash with an explanatory "Just having a little fun..." - as if people were concerned about the physical wellbeing of this particular woman. The fat-shaming debate takes a sad toll, adding to a worldwide mental health crisis - and a public figure would have to be as dumb as f*ck to not know anything about it.
Enter the Big Guy.
That's not really insane, come to think of it. Ryback once thought Terminator II was called that because the plot featured two Terminators, and not because it was a sequel. You'd think Ryberg, of all bald-headed destroyer wrestling characters, would know a thing about sequels.
Then again...